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Old 29-08-2014, 04:25 PM   #1
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Hello

I've never been crazy about LW's metal preset shaders. Can anyone recommend a good tutorial for a realistic bronze (or any metal) surface? Perhaps using nodes.

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Old 30-08-2014, 04:55 AM   #2
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Have you checked out the shiny metal objects tutorial here? Can't remember the exact workflow that was used, but I remember thinking that I learned a lot from it.

Here's the page:
http://simplylightwave.com/lightwave-tutorial/t551/
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Old 30-08-2014, 04:18 PM   #3
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Sorry, it's now called, "Lighting and Texturing for Photorealistic Metals". I've been here too long! ;-)

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Old 06-12-2014, 10:18 PM   #4
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Thanks, leroy3rd!
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:-D Glad to help.
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